I'd rate the other ones in decending order per their order of release, with Mark Hollis a definate last. But that's just me.
― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 22 January 2004 00:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 January 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 January 2004 01:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 January 2004 01:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 January 2004 01:15 (twenty years ago) link
i like all of the cited records and dont feel any need to decide, although as noted above i took spirit of eden with me to paris in a clinch
― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 23 January 2004 10:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 23 January 2004 15:22 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 10 May 2004 02:18 (twenty years ago) link
Still one of the greatest ILM threads ever.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 May 2004 04:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Monday, 10 May 2004 07:55 (twenty years ago) link
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― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 10 May 2004 08:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Monday, 10 May 2004 08:29 (twenty years ago) link
The voice, the production quality, and the melodies, both vocal and guitar with the lite-jazz beat made me think initially of 80s 'organic' adult pop/rock (and certainly not of medieval music). The Sting comparisons upthread seem apt (though I haven't listened to a whole Sting album either). It sounded like how 'organic' music was produced at that time. (I actually quite like, on the other hand, the sound of glossed-out 80s studio synth-fusion. I don't know if I was hoping for more of that kind of sound, maybe because I'd heard they used to be a synthpop band.) But, like I said, that feeling does change as the track progresses.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 06:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 08:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 08:43 (twenty years ago) link
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― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 20:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 20:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 20:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 20:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 20:18 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 20:19 (twenty years ago) link
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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 21:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Keith Watson (kmw), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 22:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 19th, 2004.
― Lukas (lukas), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 22:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 1 July 2004 00:04 (twenty years ago) link
Mark Hollis is the best of the three
(for now).
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 1 July 2004 00:12 (twenty years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 July 2004 01:59 (twenty years ago) link
I just bought Spirit of Eden....It's very cool...bewitching....unstructured but not really arty at the same time....This is the first time I've heard Talk Talk (except for the No Doubt covers)....pleasantly suprised that I can't really think of many records that sound like Spirit of Eden.....Almost in a weird was reminds me of some meld of Scritti Polliti and Van Morrison Astral Weeks, but I'm probably wrong.
Interesting cool stuff....Next up I think is Bark Psychosis I'm finally going to hear those dudes as well....
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 2 December 2004 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hot Pants, Thursday, 2 December 2004 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Matt: good on you with Bark Psychosis. Next, Disco Inferno. AND THEN YOU WILL BE MY SLAVE. Er, anyway.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 December 2004 19:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 2 December 2004 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Disco Inferno the wrestler?? He was okay I guess.
Oddly enough, a friend in another corner of the Internets just got a Chameleons record and is raving about it....I've still gotta pick one of those up....Ragget-rock renaissance I guess.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 2 December 2004 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of OrpheusExploding Hearts - Guitar RomanticPIL - Second Edition/Metal BoxTalk Talk - Spirit of EdenDillinger Four - Midwestern Songs of the Americas
ALL THESE RECORDS ARE GREAT!!! I'M ON FIRE!!!
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 2 December 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 2 December 2004 20:48 (nineteen years ago) link
Chuck Eddy gets pride of place for being the first guy I know of who liked these fellers. Or so I thought. Good album, RIP.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 December 2004 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Car Accident Kills Three Exploding Hearts
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 December 2004 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
I haven't dug farther back into their discog though.
xpost
― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 2 December 2004 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link
That's so sad that they died. Extra poignant cuz that record is so youthful and hopeful and full of life and promise. It would have been interesting to see how they developed as a band, whether they would have kept on with the lo-fi undertones/buzzcocks thing they'd already pretty much mastered or tried more ambitious songwriting and production style stuff....I guess I'm wondering whether they would have taken a Jam-like artistic trajectory or been more like the Ramones....
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 2 December 2004 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm a huge fan of The Party's Over, actually (their much-maligned debut). A completely different beast from Spirit of Eden, it's minor-key synth-pop that sounds nothing like Duran Duran (they never did).
Talk Talk never put out a bad record. FACT!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 December 2004 22:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Thursday, 2 December 2004 22:37 (nineteen years ago) link